Petition

Oscar McKenzie to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Morgan County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Petition
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR7-74
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-005-0052
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206311
People
Roberts, David W.
Kendall, James L.
McKenzie, Oscar
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Places
Morgan County, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Morgan Circuit Court
Morgan County Court
Dates
1865
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Citation

Oscar McKenzie to Thomas E. Bramlette, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-005-0052 (November 12, 2026).

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To his Excellency The Governor of Kentucky

The undersigned Judge of the Morgan county court respectfully represents that at the Spring term 1865 of the Morgan Circuit Court and indictment was returned in said court by the Grand Jury of Morgan County charging David Robertswith the wilful and Malicious Murder of James L. Kendall a Copy of which inictment is herewith enclosed. He states that said Roberts at the time of his indictment and since that time has been a fugitive from justice, that some time after said indictment was returned against said Roberts a reward was offered by the then Governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky for his apprehension but the said reward has expired by limitation and the said Roberts is still at large and a fugitive from justice. That the said indictment has been filed away until the said Roberts can be arrested and brought before the court. That said Murder was a cold blooded and premeditated murder without excuse or mitigation and the undersigned now

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respectfully requests your Excellency to offer a suitable reward for said Roberts in order that he may if possible be brought to before the Court and the ends of justice be enforced

Oscar McKenzieCounty Judge for Morgan Co